The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-01-12
A BrIlIiant RpeeeIl.

BrlilIan, speech.
We publish this week the bril-
liant speech of Hon. Henry W..
Grady, editor of the Atlanta Con-
stitufioss, recently delivered before
tbe 'sNew Ensland Soc'e y" Of New
York, and feel assn ed hat every
one literally disposed win read il
With interest and pleasu e. ~
AS a maniy ousUlsst Of bloed and
generous sentiment il has beeo our
fortune to find no.hing sor Yeas
that can compare with It.
Coming as he does f.om the very
centre of the New Sou b, /" he may
be Egg sied as voicing the sen.i-
ment % his whole people, and &C ;
ing Cor kem in 50. esding wide the
door of welcome 20 one and all who
s.e siI,:dg 30 Law es:de prejudice
and b ing beir money end muscle
20 hear on the raw material of his
region.
S-aoding as he die before the
"New England Society,"" no one
would accuse him of misrepresent-
ing the stains of the eoIoted race in
the South, Candtno man il better
info. med as to :heir condition and
con'enLment than he is, and his
decIs' alton, that no section shows
moe prosperous laboring popula-
ton than the negroes of the South,
none in FILLER sympathy with the
employing end land owning class.
will re.e bers-e through the lend
and cause the cheeks of those who
pate abort 'shot grn policy" and
ia, Mt the bloody shirt, 10 blush
with shame at the magn:. ude of
their Misrepresentation.
Let us hope and trust inet his
speech is the dawn of a new era,
and he inirie-o sv sep which is to
eyen.uase in the inaug~r ration
of more la una and kindly
JelH ion be.ween the 80 sec -ons,
anc result G ess good 70 GU s.eat
Aud g owing cosnt,v. as
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A Beautiful Speech Ry Editor.
henry w. Grady Delivered
I'm New York City, ON Fore.
fa1heEs' DaY-The New SOufa
ard the COlOFed Mana
Glowing Tribute to ex.Preais
dent Abraham Lincoln.
New York 1sibnne.
At The eth > inst snnual din
ner of he New Engla1d Society,
given at Delmodico's, IN New Yo, Z
C;Ey, after sDeech by Rev. Mr.
Talmsge, she Chan ms !: said that
he wODit' inttod ce a reOresen a
tire from The Ne SOP; b, aud said:
''Let US let him feel how welcome
lie is a.h0ng g." He presented II.
W. Grsfiy, OF A:lsnta, 20 speak 10
Lhe soa-t ale New So h" Three
,'n3i"g chee-s given for FIR. |
G adv aoc &c SC h, end NJ.
G sdv sad:
There was s So..th Of oeces*ion
scd sisVe.p- Dat Sorih is dead
4'he. e is Sou b of Union end free
down; rat So b i" EYio., breath
ing, growing every no r" These
words. de- 5e.eG f.rm ne lius OF
Benjam q II. Hill, IN .TamDSay
Hall in 1866, mike nv text for 70 |
night.
Nm PRE.IDENr AID GEErLEsfEN: !
Let me express 70 you my apOreci- !!
-. .f L. GsxI-o-.. -. T
an permitted address you. l |
make this ab % acknowledgment |
adlisedls, foe l ielt that if, then |
raised me- Drov..;cial voice IN lii IS |
ancient ano e G st ~ esence, 1 |
CT Id lind co. rage for no move than |
the opening seuEehce, it void be |
well ii, in mat sentence, / hid met |
IL u ,n- go sense nv oeliga, ion as
gGest and had .1esished, SO 70 speak,
With courtesy Oh nv lips and
grace In M heart. daughter
Pc, mi leu thTongh yonr kindness
To cG'ch nv secu;:d wind, let me
ia /. that l appreciate She aignifi-
caHce of being .he first SoHtherner
40 eak at his board, which bears
The substance. if it SURPRISES the
SSHuit.=lOos VI OIiSIud1 NEW Eng
land hospi' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
hnnOls a sentiment that in turn
homo you but In which nv Der-
sOnalify is lOet, and she eom pill
ment TO my people made oiain.
lt..ushter.
L beeDeak the utmost st.esch of
your courtesy onisht. lam some
hat Indifferent 20 hose rom
whom 1 come. You remember he
man whose wife sent hinl to
neiGh1OF viii q pitcher of milk,
aud Who. 't.ipoihg on the OPP step,
fell, wish such casual in errIpaions
as The landing aaorC:ed, into, The
basement, end, while picking him
self up, had the pleasure of heav-
ing his wife cali out: "9ohn, did
yoT. break the pitcher
NO, didn't, +" said Jnrn, 'b,.tII
bedinsed if l don't" i4oudl;aegh
ter.l
So .shiie bose who cell 70 me
-um Uehind MAJ inspire me !, it'll